The US State Division is providing as much as $10 million for data on the chief of the Tehran-backed Iraqi armed group Kataeb Sayyid al-Shuhada (KSS), which Washington designates as a terrorist group.
US officers stated in a social media put up Thursday they have been searching for data on KSS chief Hashim Finyan Rahim al-Saraji, also called Abu Alaa al-Walai.
The group has “killed Iraqi civilians and attacked U.S. diplomatic services in Iraq, in addition to attacking U.S. army bases and personnel in Iraq and Syria,” Washington stated.
The put up notes “you can be eligible for relocation and a reward” for data on al-Saraji’s whereabouts.
Al-Saraji has a seat inside the Coordination Framework, the ruling Shiite alliance that holds the parliamentary majority.
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Iran-backed {groups} have focused the US embassy in Iraq’s capital, its diplomatic and logistics facility at Baghdad’s airport, and oil fields operated by international corporations.
Iraq, which had lately regained some stability after many years of battle, was instantly dragged into the Center East conflict triggered when america and Israel attacked Iran February 28.
Earlier this month, an analogous reward was supplied for the chief of Kataeb Hezbollah, a robust Iraqi armed group who kidnapped US journalist Shelly Kittleson final month and held her for every week earlier than setting her free.
Washington has piled strain on Baghdad to combat the pro-Tehran {groups} by suspending money shipments and freezing funding for safety packages in Iraq, based on US media stories this week.
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